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Shopping, Space participation, Space Science

Uwingu offers Dads a Farther’s Day gift on Mars

The Uwingu Mother’s Day effort attracted over 1200 people to name a crater on Mars for their Moms. Now comes their Dads’ turn. For Father’s Day, Uwingu has opened the Dad’s Rock Mars! campaign:

 Uwingu Offers Dads an Out of This World Father’s Day Gift

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As a part of Uwingu’s “Dad’s Rock Mars” Father’s Day project, gift givers visiting Uwingu’s web site at www.uwingu.com have the first-ever opportunity to honor Dads for Father’s Day by naming a crater for him on Uwingu’s crowdsourced Mars map. The map will be carried to the surface of Mars on an upcoming space mission sponsored by Mars One.

Uwingu, a company helping people personally connect with space exploration and astronomy, announced today this unique gifting experience, which will last until Father’s Day, June 15. Each crater named for Father’s Day will be recognized with a handsome, official certificate of naming.

Half of the revenue Uwingu receives from the craters bought and named on Uwingu’s Mars map will go to fuel The Uwingu Fund, which provides grants to further space education, exploration and research. Prices range from $5 to $5,000 depending on crater size. There are almost 590,000 unnamed, scientifically cataloged craters on Uwingu’s crowdsourced Mars map.

“Dads of all ages will love this really unique, out this world Father’s Day gift for 2014. Dad may not be able to go to Mars himself this year, but his name can be put on the first ever public naming effort for Mars, and he’ll know that it’ll be going to Mars when Mars One launches its first lander mission in 2018,” said Alan Stern, Ph.D., planetary scientist, and founder and CEO of Uwingu; Stern formerly directed all science programs and missions at NASA.

Mars, Shopping, Space participation

Uwingu offers first Mother’s Day Gifts on Mars

An announcement from Uwingu:

World’s First Mother’s Day Gifts Available on Mars — From Uwingu!
Gift givers can now say “Happy Mother’s Day” in a way that’s
truly out of this world

Uwingu, a company helping people personally connect with space exploration and astronomy, today announced a world-wide, first-ever opportunity to honor moms on Mother’s Day from Mars— by naming a feature for her on Uwingu’s new Mars map.

Until Mother’s Day, May 11, Uwingu is offering a gift pack which includes a special Mother’s Day certificate for anyone choosing to name a crater for mom. All names will be lodged on permanent record and sent to Mars on the private Mars One mission, ensuring every honored mom a permanent place in history.

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Uwingu’s Mars Map Crater Naming Project allows anyone to help name the approximately 590,000 unnamed, scientifically cataloged craters on Mars, starting at $5 each. Uwingu aims to raise $10 million for The Uwingu Fund, which provides grants to further space exploration, research and education.

Thanks to the sale of almost 10,000 crater names to date, the Uwingu Fund has already funded grants to projects and organizations including the Astronomers Without Borders, Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, Mars One mission, the Galileo Teacher Training Program, Explore Mars and the Allen Telescope Array at SETI.

“Our mission is to raise funds for space research while growing a successful company that gets people excited about space exploration and education”, said Alan Stern, planetary scientist, founder, and CEO of Uwingu, who formerly directed all science programs and missions at NASA.

Boulder, Colo.-based Uwingu employs of a growing team of scientists, educators, NASA veterans and prominent businesspeople who are passionate about space exploration and education.

Astronomy, Shopping

The Year in Space – desk and wall calendars

With the starting gun about to fire for Christmas gift shopping, here are a couple of suggestions. As I’ve come to do every year, I’m endorsing The Year In Space Desk Calendar and Year In Space Wall Calendar. My wife has used here space desk calendar for years and years and I have the wall calendar in my studio.

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The Desk Calendar contains

  • 53 full-page weekly calendars
  • 16 half-page monthly calendars
  • 2 full-year planning calendars
  • 1 four-year long-range calendar
  • Daily Moon-phase calendars

The  Wall Calendar is a joint project with the Planetary Society. Each month displays a big array of beautiful images and contains lots of interesting information on a wide array of space topics.

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The Year In Space Wall Calendar was named “Science Geek Gift of the Year” by MSNBC’s Cosmic Log website.